A Standard Goods locomotive is a

steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...

designed principally for hauling

goods train Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train is a group of freight cars (US) or goods wagons (International Union of Railways) hauled ...

s, though they may at times haul passenger trains. Examples include: * The 0-6-0

GWR Gooch Standard Goods class The Great Western Railway (GWR) Ariadne Class and Caliph Class were broad gauge 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for goods train work by Daniel Gooch and are often referred to as his Standard Goods locomotives. The class was introduced int ...

, also known as the ''Ariadne Class'', serving on the Great Western Railway from 1852 until 1892 * The 0-6-0

Armstrong Standard Goods The GWR 388 class was a large class of 310 0-6-0 goods locomotives built by the Great Western Railway. They are sometimes referred to as the Armstrong Goods or Armstrong Standard Goods to differentiate from the '' Gooch Goods'' and '' Dean Go ...

, serving on the Great Western Railway from 1866 until 1934 * The 2-8-0

New South Wales D50 class locomotive The D50 class is an old class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia. History The first was delivered in May 1896 by Beyer, Peacock and Company with further orders over the next 20 years seeing ...

serving from 1896 until the early 1970s * The 2-8-0

New South Wales D53 class locomotive The D53 class was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia. History This class of locomotive was designed by the New South Wales Government Railways as an improved version of the T class ...

serving from 1912 until the early 1970s * The 2-8-0

New South Wales D55 class locomotive The D55 class was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives built by Clyde Engineering for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia. Construction In 1916, Clyde Engineering were awarded a contract for the construction of 300 K class locom ...

serving from 1918 until the late 1960s

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* http://users.nex.net.au/~reidgck/nswsteam.htm Locomotives {{steam-loco-stub